Ah well, my lyrics are a weird thing. I dont think im the best, but im proud of what i write, This is the process i go through.
First, i start with an idea, like the series of songs based on a story i wrote called "The Daughter Of The Universe". I write an outline of the first song, what i want it to contain, the feeling of it, the story, and jot down a few verses or something. Then i ask my self these questions...
How do i want it to start?
Where do i want it to go?
Should there be mood changes?
How do i want it to end?
With these in mind, Start writing down lyrics that come into your head, and if you feel that you are stuck and cant come up with lyrics, do what i do....And this may seem weird, but say you have a line that you want to convey power in, so you think of some lyrics like.....
With all the strength in my hand
Not far from my grasp
The city of troy shall fallOk so nothing amazing right, lets rearrange the words using one of my favorite tools, The Thesaurus! Sounds weird but its a great way to see new words that you can use, and produce different rhythmic patterns (Remember, how you pronounce a word greatly affects rhythm and rhyme)
Ok anyway, so i want this set of lyrics to have a bit more rhyme to it, and a standard 4 line verse...With the help of the thesaurus, i can see that another word for 'Fall' is Collapse. So now we have
With all the strength in my hand
Not far from my grasp
The city of troy shall collapseBut i wanted a 4th line, so i need to add one. Well if we rhyme too much, it might sound weird, so we need a rhyme scheme to keep things in order. Im gonna go with the ABAB Rhyme scheme. Each letter in 'ABAB' is a line of lyrics, and the two letters 'A' will rhyme, and the two letters 'B' Will rhyme.
Moving on...So what do we add to the lyrics? Well lets think, Where is Troy located? on a beach....well, whats on a beach? water, sand, a little grass....My point is, think about not only what your singing about, but whats around what your singing about, this adds another level of depth to it.
Like for example, your song takes place in autumn, so you could ask yourself, what are the characteristics of an autumn day? Then use whatever you think of, to describe your location even further, or even just slide in that as a ominous sign, the character in your story sees "Autumn Leaves, dropping dead, falling far from the trees". See where im going?
Anyway, so with the lyrics...
With all the strength in my hand
Not far from my grasp
The city of troy shall collapselets add another line, now recall what surrounds troy....Sand, well lets sneak something that describes what the sand would look like outside Troy...and i come up with this...
With all the strength in my hand
Not far from my grasp
Blood will soak, and paint the sand
The city of Troy, Shall collapseAnd wa-la!! I think this is a much stronger verse, and it has a rhythm in it you can work with.
I dont know if my rambling has helped, but hopefully out of all of this, you found a little help
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What makes you tick? how do you come up with them? is it just a matter of inspiration? Would you consider yourself talented, or would you quote kris and say "I have no talent at all, you can beat me with hard work"?
Ha, well everything makes me tick if that makes sense. Anything from Music, Movies, Games, Books, or even hearing a single line of lyrics will set me off, just ask Stevie Ray Vaughan on here, i have these weird bursts where i cant stop writing, i dont know why.
Coming up with them? Well its stems from a lot of daydreaming, reading, and imagining places i would like to see. I watch a lot of sci-fi and fantasy stuff, so a lot of my ideas come from there, i just observe the world as i see it, and inspiration never fails to come
Well, i believe my lyrics are good, i like them, im proud of them, and i have gotten some positive feedback, But ive been writing lyrics since i was 13 (5 Years ago). Only recently have i started to really write lyrics, and say to myself, "These lyrics i should keep", where as before i would throw a lot of way, it takes time. Look at your favorite musicians, analyze there lyrics, and take in word patterns, rhythmic patterns, and word selection, and with time, always with time (and lots of practice) you will get better
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This post has been edited by The Uncreator: Feb 4 2008, 01:53 AM
And yes, Uncreator does have these bursts where he writes entire songs in one sitting .. haha I dont know how he does that. 
- I take notes on various things I see in the world and eventually compile all my ideas into a set of lyrics.
